Analysis of Last Pass



In the end
  we’re all mortal

In the end
  we all die

The end
  but a portal

Through which
  —we must fly

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2018)


Scheme Ab Ac ab xc x
Poetic Form
Metre 001 0110 001 111 01 1010 11 111 010010010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 142
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 21
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 10, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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